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Video: The Printable House / 1:1 Arkitektur
May 6th
Danish architects from 1:1 Arkitektur are constructing an entire house in just four weeks with only their computer and a CNC machine. Constructed entirely out of wood, the printed house demonstrates a sustainable, quick and affordable alternative to conventional building that minimizes waste and simplifies the buildings process
Film: Frank Lloyd Wright ‘Taliesin’ directed by Bruce Beresford
Dec 17th
Taliesin in Spring Green, Wisconsin – Flickr via fitzgene: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ftzgene/ Most of us have heard stories about the life of Frank Lloyd Wright , including the scandalous tale of his mistress Martha “Mamah” Cheney and the tragic murder that took place in their Wisconsin home. The legendary architect has also captured the attention of veteran filmmaker Bruce Beresford and producers J
Film: Frank Lloyd Wright ‘Taliesin’ directed by Bruce Beresford
Dec 17th
Taliesin in Spring Green, Wisconsin – Flickr via fitzgene: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ftzgene/ Most of us have heard stories about the life of Frank Lloyd Wright , including the scandalous tale of his mistress Martha “Mamah” Cheney and the tragic murder that took place in their Wisconsin home. The legendary architect has also captured the attention of veteran filmmaker Bruce Beresford and producers J
Bracket [on farming]
Dec 25th
“ [I]t is the territory that becomes the privileged protagonist of the post-industrial economy, acting as a place for working out the weak and diffuse energies of a powder-fine productivity.” – Andrea Branzi, “Architecture and Agriculture” Weak and Diffuse Modernity An almanac, in its simplest form, is a book containing a calendar that includes notations for holidays and holy days, as well as astronomical information such as the rising and setting of the sun and moon, the phases of the moon and high and low tides, as we can read at Almanacs . Inspired by the Old Farmer’s Almanac , the editors of the first issue of Bracket had released a sort of almanac in the sense of those publications used during 19th century. With a series of contents that seeks to interrogate the fertile territory where architecture, environment, and digital culture collide, Bracket [On Farming] presents complete overview of what is architecture in the current times
Office dA coming to an end?
Dec 3rd
Office dA : Nader Tehrani and Monica Ponce de León Office disputes happen all the time, it’s in our architect’s DNA. You might have heard about office dA ’s ongoing dispute. Sad, as office dA has done such great buildings, such as the awarded Macallan Building , the BanQ restaurant and Helios House , among a long list of projects of which innovation in terms of materials and fabrication are a common thread
Half Dose #78: Still Action
Sep 8th
For the exhibition Still Action — on view at the School of the Art Institute’s Sullivan Galleries in Chicago until October 2nd — Brandon Pass designed, built, and installed (the last two with Nick Bastis ) a kinetic wall installation for artists Elissa Papendick and Libby O’Bryan to “challenge and broaden the curatorial process as an artistic practice.” Inspired by anthropologist C.
Super-Sizing in Afghanistan
Aug 9th
Spencer Akerman reports from the front lines; I haven�t been able to learn yet how much it all cost, but Bagram is starting to feel like a dynamic exurb before the housing bubble burst. There was actually a traffic jam this afternoon on the southern side of the base, owing to construction-imposed bottlenecks, something I didn�t think possible in late summer 2008
Re-discovered material from the pinnacle of Johnson�s career
Aug 9th
A huge and previously unknown trove of archival material from Philip Johnson�s architectural practice � including his hand-drawn sketches for towers that helped define postmodern architecture � is to be put up for sale by one of Johnson�s former partners, who has had them in storage for years. Via NYT
The Uniform, Dress Code of the Architect
Aug 9th
You should always know what to wear as an architect. The weekly column from Glen Small.
